Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-III – Science and technology; Achievements of Indians in Science and technology
In News:
One of the earliest galaxies called AUDFs01 has been discovered using AstroSat.
Discovered by: A team of Scientists from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune.
The team comprises scientists from India, Switzerland, France, USA, Japan and Netherlands.
Key takeaways
The galaxy is located in the Hubble Extreme Deep field, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.
The galaxy was discovered using UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on Astrosat.
AstroSat detected Extreme Ultraviolet light from the galaxy.
Important value additions
AstroSat
It is a multi-wavelength astronomy mission on an IRS-class (Indian Remote Sensing-Class) satellite in a 650-km, near-equatorial orbit.
Launched by: Indian launch vehicle PSLV by ISRO.
It is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission.
Aim: To study celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral bands simultaneously with its five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem.
AstroSat mission enables the simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of various astronomical objects with a single satellite.
